Demountable rim



L'E. RHODES.

I DEMOUNTABLE RIM. APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1919.

1,333,630. "Patented Mai. 16,1920.

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' T0 mam Be it known that 1, JOHN E. RHQDES, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and: State of Texas, have invented'certain new anduse-' ful Improiements in Demoun'table Rims, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention-relates toinew and useful improvements in demountablerims; I vThe m q'se ofth'e "invention is-to provide a mm which may be quickly mounted and fastened on a w-heeland' as quickly un-' fastened and demounted, by simple imparting a slight circumferential movement to the rnn.

In carry ngout thelinvention the rim is provided with j studs adapted to angular grooves in the fel-ly'lband of 'the wheel, I

whereby the rim is drawn ontokthe folly band by the inward fangular"displacement of the studs'w'vhenQ the rim, is v revolved. simple fastening 'is I proyided for holding the rim against- ,cireiimferential movement. Wedge-shapedbosses; are provided on the inner periphery-of thefrim and as the latter is revolved'the bosses wedge' between the felly band and: the rim thus holding the, latterftigh'tly on tlie fellyi r e I '1' The invention..-w:flll be; more readily understood from a'ifeadingof the"' following-.speci- V fication and by: reference tothe accompany ing drawings, :in-which agn example of the,

invention .is shown and whereinequipped with'my' improved rim, e V Fig. 2 is e a cross *"sectional detail tithe locking-plunger, V 3 g;

Fig. 3 iSTi longitudinal detail of thesame,

- 7 1 Fig. 4:" is a detail'in-plan of a portion of -40 tlie-fellyband .7 v. o

' F'gLS is a crossI sectionaldetail,=' and Fig; 6 is a view' of a portion of the inner} faceofthe-rim;

;,...In-the drawings'the numeral designates; 7' the ,fvell y of wheel 'surrounded by a felly band 1 Angular grooves 2 are provided" in j the 1 face J of "the fellybanjdfand are equally spacedfapart o. Ea'c h-. groove has an entrance portion exactly transverse of the felly band and an angular portion 3 extending di'a'g onally-of thegffellyif The fellyfband' has-1a circumferent flanget'atoneside. suit-- able rim 5 is' provi'ded on its inner surface? y directed} studs; 6 spaced so as to enter-th'gifooves whenther slid I .i siemeamr es-remit iglfa engted. 1.611920 lr;lpplioetion'ifllli liaylrlti, 1919; ,1-Ser1almo.fi98,084.1 l

placed on the, felly band witlithe studs in the transverse portions of thejgrooves; ,By

giving the .rinr a i slight circumferential forced onto the felly band and intoengagem'ent with the flange l. By reversing-the movement the rim may easily be removed.

" In order to insure a tight fit the 'rimrhas on its following side: Wedge-shapedibosses 7. These bosses Wedge on the felly band as the rim is fed onto the felly. These bosses obviate play and form a substantial connec{ tion between the parts. 4 j

locking plunger'8 is mounted in the felly.

' This plunger has a m'tchet head 9 adapted to engage transverse serrations 10 on the Quit Reforms; o primes, 1

movement the studsride into the diagonal portions of the grooveswhereby the rlm is inner surface of the rim. The plunger has a reduced shankjllsurrounded by a coiled spring 12 andsurn'iountedby afinger piece 13;v exposed on theinner periphery'of the an 'VVhen 'the against, reverse movement. Before the rim To mount the rim'it is merely necessary to present the same. to the'ffelly, band so "that thestuds 6 enter theigrooves 2 and then by turning the rim circumferentially the studs ride into the diagonal portion 3, thus forc ing therim onto the jfelly band. f The portion 3 are directed s'oth'at the tendency'of I the studs is to'ride further into the same as draws the head 9 from the serrations'.10. V {The rim may then be ;ba'ckedoffthe felly' i Y .1 g 3 iWhat I claim; is:"

islturned onto the felly band theserrations ride over the head 9 which engages in the same and holds the rim can beremoved the plunger must be with-' 'idrain. The finger piece "13 is shaped so ,that. by giving it a quarter turn when it is withdrawn from its slot it will be withheld;

Figure 1' isaside elevation of a wheel I In a demountable rim, the combination with a 7. wheel felly bandi having. angular grooves,land means of securing the rimand fellyband against relative circumferential *1-10? movement, of radial studs carried by the rim and engaging. in the 'groovesfof' the' :[felly bandabuttedby the rimy andwedge shaped bosses carried by therim and engagstuds carried by the rim andengaging in ring on the telly band. j 7 I I the grooves of the felly band abutted by the V 2. In a clemountable rim, theeOmbinatiOn rim"; the said studs acting to draw the rim ;with a Wheel :Eell'y band having angular onto the telly bandrby a circumferential x V 5 grooves, the said grooves having an 'enmovement of the rim, and Wedge-shaped 15 trance lportionttransverseof the felly band bosses carried by the rim and engaging 011,; Y and an angularjportion extending diagoi the telly band. V V nally of the telly band, and a locking means In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. to prevent relative circumferential move- 10 ment of the rim-and telly banal of-radial' v 1 JOHN E. RHODES. 

